Example sentences of "of [noun] [vb mod] [be] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He acknowledges that precisely what rules of property there should be is undetermined by this ‘ general requirement of justice ’ and he also concedes that the choice of rules will be to some extent arbitrary . |
| 2 | Equally , to ignore the constraints of poetry would be to ‘ destroy the poetic line as a specific , verbal structure based on those facets of the word which retreat into the background in ordinary speech ’ ( Brik 1978 : 124 ) . |
| 3 | The successes of molecular biology are sufficiently striking to show that whatever the true relation of biology may be to physics , it is certainly a subtle one that can not be encapsulated in a single word . |
| 4 | Delivery of goods shall be to the place specified overleaf and terms of carriage shall be as specified overleaf . |
| 5 | More than a third of sales would be to Labour voters , another third to Alliance or Tory ( 12 per cent ) , and the rest to people who could not say which party they supported . |
| 6 | Even experienced mountain walkers take to them with varying degrees of enthusiasm — so you should consider if that sort of thing will be to the taste of everyone in your group . |
| 7 | Bemoaning the difficulty is no solution , even though lack of attendance will be to the inconvenience of both parties . |
| 8 | I have just indicated one way in which criticism centred on the theory dependence of observation can be to some extent evaded by the inductivists , and I am convinced that they will be able to think of further ingenious defences . |